This Jeopardy tests the knowledge on Romanian UNESCO sites.

2. How to…
• You are given the general categories
• Read them carefully
• Do the task for every category

3. General
Churches
of
Moldavia
Dacian
Fortresses
Historic
Center
of
Sighisoara
The
Danube
Delta
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300

4. General for 100
Task:
How many sites has Romania
inscribed on to the list of World
Heritage Sites?
a) 8 b) 16 c) 24

5. General for 100
Correct answer:
8 sites

6. General for 200
Task:
How many of these sites are shared?
a) 2 b) 1 c) 4

7. General for 200
Correct answer:
1 site

8. General for 300
Task:
Some of these sites are natural. How
many?

9. General for 300
Correct answer:
2 are natural sites:
The ancient and primeval beech
forests of the Carpathians and The
Danube Delta.

10. Churches of Moldavia for 100
Task:
How many churches are there?
Where are they situated?

11. Churches of Moldavia for 100
Correct answer:
8 churches in Northern Moldavia.

12. Churches of Moldavia for 200
Task:
Guess the name
of this church in
Moldavia, often
known as the
“Sistine Chapel
of the East”.

13. Churches of Moldavia for 200
Correct answer:
Voronet – a medieval monastery built
in 1488 over a period of three
months and three weeks.

14. Churches of Moldavia for 300
Task:
The Voronet Monastery has some
frescoes which feature an intense
shade of…
a) green b) gray c) blue

15. Churches of Moldavia for 300
Correct answer:
C - Blue. In
Romania, this
color is known
as “Voronet
blue”

16. Dacian Fortresses for 100
Task:
The Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie
Mountains were built in the … centuries.
a) 1 BC and AD b) 1 BC and 2
AD c) 2 BC and 2 AD

17. Dacian Fortresses for 100
Correct answer:
A – 1 BC and AD, under Dacian rule.

18. Dacian Fortresses for 200
Task:
Once the capital of Dacia, this fortress
can still be seen today. Its name is …

19. Dacian Fortresses for 200
Correct answer:
Sarmizegetusa Regia.

20. Dacian Fortresses for 300
Task:
The Dacian Fortresses were an
unusual fusion of military and
religious architectural techniques
and concepts. True or false?

21. Dacian Fortresses for 300
Correct answer:
True. They were built as protection
against Roman conquests, and
played an important role during the
Roman-Dacian wars.

22. Historic center of Sighisoara for 100
Task:
Who built the old town of Sighisoara?
a) The Romans b) The Saxons
c) The Hungarians

23. Historic center of Sighisoara for 100
Correct answer:
B – The Saxons, in
the 12th
century.

24. Historic center of Sighisoara for 200
Task:
The culture of the Transylvanian
Saxons is coming to a clos after how
many years?
a) 550 b) 750 c) 850

25. Historic center of Sighisoara for 200
Correct answer:
C – 850 years, but it will continue to
exist only through its architectural
and urban monuments.

26. Historic center of Sighisoara for 300
Task:
Sighisoara is an example of a small
fortified city in the border region
between central Europe and south-
eastern Europe. What is the name
of these two cultures?

27. Historic center of Sighisoara for 300
Correct answer:
Latin-oriented
culture of central
Europe and
Byzantine-
Orthodox culture of
south-eastern
Europe.

28. The Danube Delta for 100
Task:
It is the … largest delta in Europe.
a) first b) second c) third

29. The Danube Delta for 100
Correct answer:
B – second,
after the
Volga
Delta.

30. The Danube Delta for 200
Task:
The Danube flows into this sea.
What’s its name?

31. The Danube Delta for 200
Correct answer:
The Black Sea,
and it forms the
best preserved
of Europe’s
deltas.

32. The Danube Delta for 300
Task:
The Danube branches into three main
distributaries into the Delta. True or
false?

33. The Danube Delta for 300
Correct answer:
True. The names of
these
distributaries are
Chilia, Sulina and
Sf. Gheorghe (St.
George).